KOLEJ MATRIKULASI MELAKA

UNIT MATEMATIK
KARISMATIK SET E
SM025, SESI 2021/2022

SECTION A [25 marks]

1. The probabilities of events X and Y are given as P(X) = , P ( X ' Y ) =

3 31
and
5 45
2
P (X  Y) = . Find P(Y) and P ( X  Y ) . [6 marks]
25

2. A discreet random variable X has the probability distribution function

 x +1
 c , x = 2,3, 4

 x
P ( X = x) =  , x = 6,8
 56
 0 , otherwise


a) Determine the value of c. [3 marks]
b) Tabulate cumulative probability distribution of X. [3 marks]
c) Calculate P ( 4  X  8 ) . [3 marks]

d) State the mode and third quartile. [2 marks]

3. The number of batteries sold at a service centre on any particular day follows a Poisson
distribution with mean 15.

a) Find the probability that exactly 3 batteries are sold on any particular day.
[2 marks]

b) Given that the probability of selling not more than k batteries on any particular day is
0.5681. [3 marks]

c) Calculate the probability that the service centre sells between 5 and 14 batteries on Sunday
and Monday. [3 marks]

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UNIT MATEMATIK
KARISMATIK SET E
SM025, SESI 2021/2022

SECTION B [75 marks]

1. By Newton-Raphson method with initial value x0 = 1.5 , calculate the root of the equation
ln x + 3 x − 5 = 0 correct to three decimal places. [5 marks]

2. Determine the vertices and foci 25 x 2 + 4 y 2 − 250 x − 16 y + 541 = 0. [5 marks]

3. Show that the line 2 y − 5 x + 4 = 0 does not intersect the circle x 2 + y 2 + 3x − 2 y + 2 = 0.

Find the centre and radius of the circle. Hence, determine the shortest distance between the
line and the circle. [12 marks]

x −1 3 − y 2 − z
4. Given the straight line L : = = and the planes 1 : 2 x − y − 2 z = 17 and
2 1 3
 2 : 4 x + 3 y − 5 z = −10. Find

a) an intersection point, P between the straight line L and the plane  1 [4 marks]

b) an acute angle between L and  1 [5 marks]

c) a vector equation of the plane that passes through the point P and perpendicular to both
planes  1 and  2 [5 marks]

5. Let X be the random variables representing the sum of number obtained when a 4 sided
biased dice is rolled twice. The probability of biased dice to give odd numbers is three
time higher than even numbers when it is rolled.
a) Construct the probability distribution table for X. [5 marks]
b) Find the mean and variance of X. [5 marks]

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UNIT MATEMATIK
KARISMATIK SET E
SM025, SESI 2021/2022

6. Continuous random variable X has a density probability function given by

 ax, 0  x 1
 a

f ( x ) =  (4 − x) , 1  x  4
 3
 0, otherwise

Where a is a constant.

a) Find the value of a. [3 marks]

b) Find E  X  and Var ( 2 − 3 X ) [6 marks]

c) Estimate the median. [3 marks]

7. In every delivery of cupcakes to a particular restaurant, 30% will be returned due to

not favoured by cupcakes lovers.
a) Supposed 20 of the cupcakes are randomly selected from a delivery.
What is the probability that at most 5 will be returned? [3 marks]
b) Find the smallest size of sample so that the probability that at least one cupcake is
returned is more than 99.8%. [4 marks]

c) Suppose the restaurant will be holding an event which requires an order of 200 cupcakes
from the same supplier.

(i) Approximate the probability that between 56 and 62 of the cupcakes will be
returned. [5 marks]

(ii) If the probability of observing less than r number of cupcakes among those
delivered which are returned is 0.992, use the normal approximation to determine
the value of r. [5 marks]

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